4th international conference of the saudi society of blood transfusion medicine

THE SOCIETY Dr. Ghazi Damanhouri President of Saudi Society of Transfusion Medicine Conference President

On Behalf of The Board of Directors of The Saudi Society for Blood Transfusion Medicine, I would like to thank you and all our Distinguished Guests from Outside and Inside the Kingdom for Their Participation and Attendance in this International Scientific Forum for Updates in Blood Transfusion Medicine.

Blood Transfusion Medicine is the part of medicine that deals with the safety of Blood Transfusion and Its Components and with any obstacle might jeopardize the patient’s health related to the need of blood transfusion. It is also the part of medicine that includes all the administrative, laboratory and logistic procedures organized to transport these components to ensure their quality, which has become a key role in health care system of any hospital.

In the coming days, most of the important and debatable issues concerning the Blood Transfusions, its safety and evidence based clinical use will be discussed.

Therefore, I hope that in the coming few days you will enjoy the Scientific Component of this meeting which was designed to be useful to most health care providers. It is also an opportunity for everyone to enjoy the atmosphere of this beloved region to our hearts and the generosity of its people.

We would Like to extend our appreciation to the Saudi Immune Hematology Group and the Local Scientific Committee for their wonderful contribution in the organization and the success of this meeting.

Finally, we would like to thank His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, for his patronage of this conference, which demonstrates the interest of the high authority and their support, especially the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and His Highness the Crown Prince for Science and Scientists and their continuous encouragement to all opportunities that lead to upgrading the health care system in the Kingdom to the ranks of the outstanding countries in this field.

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THE CONFERENCE Dr. Salwa Hindawi Chairman of Scientific Committee

It is our pleasure at Saudi Society and Scientific Committee to welcome all of you to the fourth Saudi Society of Transfusion Medicine International Conference, which will be held in SciTech Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 31 March-02 April 2018.

The conference will provide a chance to meet with colleagues and to exchange experience in the field of transfusion medicine Distinguished local and international speakers from different parts of the world will join together to share the latest information and updates related to the field of transfusion medicine.

The conference program will have scientific materials of interest to different specialties.

We would like to thank all those who participated and helped towards the success of this conference.

I hope that we will exceed your expectation and you will enjoy your stay in AL Khobar.

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THE CONFERENCE Dr. Ahmed Taher Al Bahrani Chairman of Local Scientific Committee

Dear colleagues: On behalf of the scientific committee members, it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the 4th Saudi society of transfusion medicine international conference, on 31 March-2 April, 2018 at SciTech Al Khobar, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia.

During this conference and over three days, we are going to address several topics in the donor recruitment and transfusion medicine in clinical practice, including apheresis and cellular therapy. The conference will focus as well on hemovigilance, transfusion safety, research and education in transfusion, and immunohematology.

I would like to acknowledge our international speakers who have travelled long distance to share with us their knowledge and experience. Also, special thanks to the national and regional speakers for their contribution.

Thank you for joining us here in Al Khobar and wish you all successful conference.

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HIGHER COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS Dr. Erica Wood

Associate Professor Erica Wood, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA Transfusion Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.

Dr. Yetmgeta Eyayou Abdella, MD

Medical Officer, Blood and Transfusion Safety World Health Organization – Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean ,Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Naynesh R. Kamani, MD

Director of the Center for Cellular Therapies ,AABB

Dr. Arwa Zakariya Al-Riyami, M.D, B.Sc., FRCPC Senior Consultant Hematopathologist Department of Haematology Sultan Qaboos Univeristy Hospital. Muscat, Oman.

Mr. Paul Aerts

Scientific Affairs Manager, IHD DiaMed GmbH, Cressier, Switzerland.

Prof. Hans Gombotz

Former head of the Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy General Hospital Linz, Austria.

Dr. Richard Benjamins MD PhD FRCPath Chief Medical Officer American Red Cross Biomedical Services

Dr. Demetrios Farmakis, PhD

Scientific Collaborator OF Scientific Collaborator

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Dr. Michael Angastiniotis, MD

Consultant paediatrician and Medical Advisor THALASSAEMIA INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION

Dr. Sanaa Abdulshafi, MD

Clinical & Chemical Pathology, Immunology Vice Dean of Faculty of Medicine Beni Sueif University- Egypt

LOCAL SPEAKERS Dr. Salwa Hindawi, MD)MBChBb, M.Sc, MRCPath, CTM RCPE, FRCPath

Dr. Khaled Al Enazy, MD

Prof. AbdulGalil AbdulGader MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FRSH

Dr. Ghazi Damanhouri MB ChB, DCP, FRCPA, FRCPI, MRCPath

Medical Director of Blood Transfusion Services, King Abdulaziz University Hospital Jeddah Saudi Arabia

Adjunct Professor of Physiology, College of Medicine.

Al Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Consultant Hematopathologist Chairman, Department of Adult Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Consultant and A/professor, heamatology department King Adulaziz University hospital- Jeddah _ KSA

Dr. Maha Badawi, MD, ABIM

Dr. Tariq Elyas, PhD, Post-Doctorate

Mr. Amr Maqnas, MSc

Dr. Deema Hussein, BSc, PhD

Dr. Tahani A. Alnajar, MBBS, FKSU-path

Dr. Bassim Al Beirouti MBChB, ABIM, FRCPC, ABIM-hematology, MSC, CIP

Assistant Professor of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA

Head Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Saudi food and Drug Authority

Consultant Hematopathologist Maternity & Children Hospital, Dammam

Mr. Nasser Al Towaileb, BSc, SBB

Laboratory manager and Blood bank Super visor, Almosa specialist Hospital (JCI, CAP and AABB accredited hospital) Al-ahsa, K.S.A

Dr. Ahmed AlBahrani, MBBS. MD.

Consultant Hematopathologist Section Head, Stem Cell Processing Laboratory.

Transfusion Medicine King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, KSA

Dr. Hind Al Humaidan MD, FRCPA

Consultant Hematopathologist Director, Blood Bank (Transfusion & Donor Services) Stem Cell Cord Blood Bank King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

Social Digital Media Consultant Vice-President for Development of Media.

King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

pharmacogenomics group leader King Fahd Medical research Center King abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA

Assistant Professor in Hematology Consultant Hematologist/Oncologist, BMT King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, KSA King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Sameera Al Safwani, MD

Consultant Hematopathologist Deputy Director, Laboratory and blood bank.

Head blood bank and transfusion service and Transfusion Committee.

QCH, KSA

Dr. Essam Al Ghamdi BsMD

Transfusion Medicines And Blood Bank Consultant Riyadh Region General Hospital Administration Director- KSA

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LOCAL SPEAKERS Dr. Muneer Al Bagshi, MD

Dr. Mohammed Al-Sheef MD

Dr. Ammar Alsughayir, MBBS, KSUPath, JBH

Dr. Hussain Al Saeed, MD

Consultant Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist.

Director of Blood Diseases Center. Team Leader Child Protection Team-MCH, ALHASSA, Chairman of Pediatric Hematology Department

Chairperson, Transfusion Medicine Service Department, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine Service Department and Hematology Section Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Medicine Administration King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA

Prof. Abdulkareem Al Momen, MD

Professor of Medicine & Hematology Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, KSA Director of Center of Excellence in Thrombosis & Hemostasis, King Saud University Medical City, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Hematology, Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Arwa Yamani, MD

Deputy chairman of Quality management and patient support Oncology department King Khalid National Guard Hospital

Dr. Galila Zaher, FRCPath,M.B., Ch.B., DipRCPath.

Consultant Hematologist In-charge of Hemostasis Services, & Associate Professor King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Majedah Aljarrash MD

Program director for Saudi board OB/GYN training program in Qatif Central Hospital Qatif Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia

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Head, General Medicine Section Consultant, Internal Medicine, Thromboembolism and Vascular Medicine Assistant Professor, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)/Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University

Chairman of Transfusion Committee at Qatif Central Hospital Chairman of Sickle Cell Disease

CHAIRPERSONS Prof.AbdulGalil AbdulGader PhD, FRCP, FRSH

MBBS,

Adjunct Professor of Physiology, College of Medicine Al Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ahmed AlBahrani, MBBS. MD.

Consultant Hematopathologist Section Head, Stem Cell Processing Laboratory.

Transfusion Medicine King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, KSA

Mr. Abdulla AlKhashan,

Minister deputy for laboratory and blood bank MOH- KSA

Dr. Ali Alkheyami, PhD

PhD in Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine.

University of Liverpool.

Dr. Erica Wood, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA Head, Transfusion Research Unit MONASH UNIVERSITY - Australia

Dr. Hani Al-Hashmi. MD

Consultant, Medical Oncology/Haematology King Fahad Specialist,Dammam,KSA

Dr. Eman Al-Zaabi, MBBS FRCPC

Chairperson of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) Abu Dhabi. UAE

Mr. Yousef Altaha, MSc, MAIMS, MIBMS

Senior Medical Technologist Head of Quality and Patient Safety at the laboratoty and blood bank.

Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, KSA

Mr. Ali AlShareef MSc

General Director of laboratory and blood bank, ministry of health, Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Sabri Kemahli MD

Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Al Faisal University, Saudi Arabia Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. Mohammad Almohamadi MD

In-charge of stem cell collection and stem cell laboratory unit Section head of transfusion medicine.

King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard, Jeddah Associate Director of Saudi Stem Cell Donor Registry, WR King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Dr. Nabila Al-Baz MD, FRCPC

Chairperson of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director Blood Bank and Transfusion Services King Faisal Specialist Hospital,Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Essam Al Ghamdi, MD

Clinical assistant professor Medical Collage- King Saud University- KSA

Dr. Saeed AlAmoudi, MD

Consultant Hematopathologist Director of Laboratories and Blood Bank Regional Laboratory, Jeddah, KSA

Dr.Ossama El Fayoumi

Consultant Clinical Pathology Saudi German Hospital Group Madinah Munawarah – KSA

Dr. Salwa AlNajjar PhD

In charge of Haematology Laboratory King Fahd Research Center, Jeddah, KSA

Prof. Soad AlJaouni, MD

Senior Researcher Hematology Department, Faculty of Medicine.

King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, KSA

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CHAIRPERSONS

Dr. Mohammed AlShahrani, MD Consultant Paediatric Haematology Department of Haematology Riyadh Military Hospital,Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Abdullah Meshi , BSc, MSc, PhD

Director, Laboratories & Blood Banks Administration Jizan Health

Dr. Suha Hejres BSc, MSc, PhD Chief Technologist King Hamad University Hospital

Prof. Layla Bashawri, MD

Consultant Hematopathologist Vice Dean of the Deanship of College Studies for the College of Applied Medical Sciences Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA

Dr. Bassim Al BeiroutiMD, MSC, CIP, FRCPC, FACP Assistant Professor in Hematology Consultant Hematologist/Oncologist, BMT King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, KSA King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, KSA

Prof. Abdalkareem Almoamen, MD

Professor of Medicine & Hematology Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, KSA Director of Center of Excellence in Thrombosis & Hemostasis, King Saud University Medical City, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Hematology, Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Kamel Mohammed Aldosari, MD

Chief Executive Director of Regional Laboratory and blood bank.

Ministry of Health- KSA 12

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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DIAMOND SPONSORS

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GOLD SPONSORS

SLIVER S PONSORS

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PRONZE S PONSORS

SOCIETIES & SCIENTIFIC PARTIES

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES & TRANSPORTATION

Speakers/Chairperson Dinner Night.

31/03/2018

Enjoy Sea Food a long the new Corinche area of Alkobar City

Gala Dinner ( by Invitation ) 01/04/2018

Get a long with other Colleague socially in the wonderful sea side of Half Moon beach.

Get the joy of listening to traditional arabic music and a music session run by an international known artist.

Transportation

31/3 - 02/04/2018 (7:30 AM - 6:00 PM ) Daily transportation line between Le Meridien hotel Alkhobar and SCITECH.

Note :

Contact the orgnizing committee for more details .

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